Chapter 409 Siege Wei to Save Zhao

The Yinshan Mountains are facing each other in the desert. Of course, it is impossible for Li Xun's army to reach the grassland so soon. The one who rushed to the Huihu tribe first was the fast horse messenger sent by Li Xun, who told the Huihu leader to spit out the mystery, saying that Li Xun had personally led 100,000 Jin and the border defense field army to the grassland by the order of the emperor!

It turned out that before ten days ago, Tu Midu had detected the ambitious move of Yi Nan to annex the grassland from the north to the south. The reason was that Yi Nan wanted to marry Xuelian and Xiyan sisters. At that time, He Luogu, the leader of the Ashina clan, secretly sent the two daughters to the Huihu tribe to hide, and asked Tu Midu to ask Li Xun, the northern military commander of the Tang Dynasty, for help.

Unfortunately, in the end, Tu Midu failed to save the crisis of the extermination of the Ashina tribe, and Li Xunyuan's thirst could not be reached. The once glorious Ashina tribe has almost disappeared on the grassland since then.

After learning the details from the mouth of Tu Midu, Xue Rengui was very excited, and a blood in his heart was still boiling!

They have been wandering for a long time. They are like the noble wolf god who is a rootless duckweed, dodging all over the world as their home, and they are homesick under the fence. Now that I know that Wang Shi, the main force of the imperial court, has come, it is undoubtedly a feeling of meeting relatives in a foreign country.

Xue Rengui decided to stay here for repair and wait for the arrival of Li Xun's army. Then discuss the next step with him. In any case, Li Xun is also the prime minister in charge of the military, and he is one of the best in the Tang Empire. Even Qin Mubai salutes him. Xue Rengui is looking forward to his arrival.

A few days later, the sentvoy sent to the north of Huihu returned the news that Yinan was unable to lie sick after being penetrated by Xue Rengui's shoulder armor and returned to the dental tent. His brother, general and his nephews took advantage of the situation to fight for power and profits. Instead of rectifying the soldiers going south to revenge, they also attacked and killed themselves several times.

This is good news for Xue Rengui and Huihu people!

On that day, after the victory of the Battle of the Orhun River, Xue Rengui was certainly the tremightening grassland that made the enemy afraid to worship, and at the same time, the Huizhen tribe was also shocked. Taking this opportunity, in the name of "the daughter of the Khan of Ashina Department", he recruited the leaders of the other nine surnames Tiele on the grassland to meet and discuss the "righteous move" of raising troops to fight against Yinan and helping the king of the Tang Dynasty.

The wall fell and everyone pushed, and the Orhun River was defeated, which almost frustrated Xue Yantuo's sharpness. Now there is the main backbone of the Tang Dynasty and the lead of vomiting. Other large and small tribes on the grassland, which originally hated Xue Yantuo, flocked to the Huiwen clan to discuss the uprising day and night.

Xue Rengui was naturally invited to be the guest of the seat, and even he was willing to sit down. He saluted Xue Rengui with the courtesy of the envoys of the Celestial Empire. Other tribal leaders and warriors are obedient to Xue Rengui!

This is really a little unexpected to Xue Rengui!

In less than ten days, the Huihu tribe unexpectedly gathered nearly 150,000 troops, all of which were cavalry with nine surnamed Tiele. The leaders unanimously elected Xue Rengui as the commander-in-chief and organized an army of the "Guilty Alliance". As soon as Li Xun's army arrived, they were impatient and went north - to destroy Xue Yantuo!!

Among these 150,000 troops, one of them is the most eye-catching. Its leader is a female general - Ashina Blood Lotus!

That history is an aristocratic tribe on the grassland. The Heluogu was once respected as "Khan", and the blood lotus was the princess. Now Khan has been killed by Yi Nan, and the princess raises the flag to recruit soldiers and hang the people to fight against the crime, which is also justified. It was in the name of Xuelian and Xiyan that Tu Midu also recruited the leaders of the nine surnamed Tiele.

It's just that no one expected that Xue Lian would not be willing to be a puppet and a flag at all. She insisted on leading 30,000 elite rebels as a personal army to avenge Xue Yantuo for her father. If she didn't give her soldiers and horses, she would rather not afford this Rebel!

There was nothing the way, and the leaders had to rely on him - to select the most powerful 30,000 pawns and 50,000 good horses from the 150,000 troops and give them to this heroine. Later, he had to rely on his waywardness to let her join forces with the Tang army of Xue Rengui to form the Chinese army and vanguard, which became the backbone and center of this volunteer army.

Xue Rengui was secretly happy about this. Although he has no interest in women as generals and is not very optimistic about them, Xuelian's "timelyness" has helped him a lot. On the surface, of course, the Allies are hostile to each other, but in fact, they are not secretly fighting with each other? After all, isn't it just to disintegrate the power of Xue Yantuo and get benefits for his tribe after breaking the existing pattern? Now that the war has not yet begun, everything is fine; once Xue Yantuo is defeated, it is very likely that some tribes in the current Allies will attack and kill each other for their interests, and even a second Yinan will appear.

Now Xuelian has transferred these 30,000 elites to strengthen the Chinese army. In addition, with Li Yi's army coming later, he can completely suppress other tribes and make them dare not act rashly, so that the Tang Dynasty will sit firmly on the throne of hegemony on the grassland.

That is to say, Xuelian inadvertently helped Tang Tang and played "strong and weak branches" first, which could save a lot of trouble in the future - Xue Rengui also gradually made a decision in his heart. He must take this woman to Lanzhou to meet Qin Mubai, but her wish... "I believe that the young commander must know better than me how to deal with it. Take care of your relationship with her, and - hold the soldiers and horses and forces in her hands tightly!"

Twenty-eight tribes with nine surnames, 150,000 troops, hundreds of thousands of cattle, sheep and horses, mountains of grain and grass equipment, traffic and horses are full of people... Back to the tribe, it was lively.

In this extremely noisy environment, there is a person who is out of place.

In the blue sky, white clouds and green grassland, she rode a snow-white colt alone, playing a continuous and sad tune with the Turkic eagle flute over and over again.

Ashi Naxiyan.

The setting sun pulled her shadow long, and the cattle and sheep were about to return to the circle. She still sat alone on the slope of the grassland and watched the clouds rise.

A string of horseshoes came from behind, sonorous and powerful. Xi Yan didn't have to look back to know that it was his sister's horse.

"Xi Yan, why do you have to do this? Is it worth it for a man?" Xuelian did not disar, and her tone was a little offending.

Xi Yan turned his head and looked at her sister, smiled slightly and said no.

Xue Lian jumped off the horse angrily, sat down beside her and said, "Xi Yan, now there are only two of us left at home. I am your only relative, and you are also my last support. Tell me, do you really like Xue Rengui?

"..." Xi Yan's face turned slightly red, stared at the distance, and whispered, "But he is like the wreath of the god and the clouds, which is out of reach. Sister, don't worry about me. Maybe he will leave soon, and I will forget him.

"Since you like it, you have to pursue it hard and hard!" Xuelian said angrily, "Sister! The people of the Ashina family, even women, are brave and frank! Our ancestors, father and brother, were once the real kings on the grassland. Don't be so cowardly and humiliate them!"

"Sister, how do you think I should pursue it?" Xiyan smiled lonelyly and whispered, "The falling flowers are deliberately and ruthless. How can emotional things be forced? Brother Xue is a hero and good man. He only has his wife in his heart, and he can't let go of other women.

"Who said that! No man will be moved by such a peerless beauty as my sister!" Xuelian hugged Xiyan's shoulders, stared at her eyes and said, "Tell me, you don't care about being his concubine - yes, concubine! If you want to follow him to the Central Plains, you have to enter the Central Plains and follow the customs! In the Central Plains, concubines have no status, and even they are bullied and trafficked like pigs, dogs, cattle and sheep!"

"I don't care!"

"It's enough to have your words!" Xuelian jumped on the horse's back, shook the whip and hit the horse's buttocks and ran away - "Wait for my good news!"

At night, in Xue Rengui's felt account.

Xue Lian was dressed in a bright red and flame-like robe armor, with a treasure knife on her waist, and stood in front of Xue Rengui with her fork in her chest, slanting him - "Think about it! My sister is not a woman who can't get married. She is 17 years old and hasn't liked any man yet. You are the first one! So I'm going to fight for her!"

"Blood lotus... How can this kind of thing be forced?" Xue Rengui shook his head in embarrassment, "Your sister is really beautiful, gentle and kind, but... I already have a wife, and..."

"And what? You are such a big man, why are you such a mother-in-law!" The blood lotus said angrily.

"Moreover, I am now a general outside the army, and I am dedicated to the public and dare not be selfish." Xue Rengui said, "If the soldiers let me know that I still want to marry a wife and take a concubine at this time, won't it chill their minds?"

"Oh, you mean... If you let your brothers take a wife and concubine back here, you won't have any problem, right? - That's no problem!" Xuelian spread her hands and said, "I know that your women in the Central Plains are warm and kind, but the daughter of the grassland is not bad! Tomorrow, I will ask my uncle to issue an order for the unmarried women in all the tribes of Tiele, who have volunteered to marry you brothers, come to our clan to marry!"

Xue Rengui was stunned, "Don't fool around!"

"Is this nonsense!" The blood lotus willow raised her eyebrows and stared roundly, "Is it rare for Hanhu to get married? Besides, it's completely voluntary and not forced! If there are so many Tiele women marrying the soldiers in your army, isn't it strengthening the friendly relationship between the Tang Dynasty and the grasslands? This is also of great benefit to the Tang Dynasty - I believe your court will not object!"

"..." Xue Rengui was speechless for a moment and thought that this blood lotus was too smart and too sharp. He thought about everything, which was beyond refutable!

"If you have no objection, I'll do it right away, one sentence!" Xue Lian clapped her hands and was ready to leave.

"Wait a minute!" Xue Rengui stopped her and said solemnly, "In the end, our whole army is actually guilty of the escape journey. How can it be so reckless? You'd better slow down, at least wait until Li Xun comes. I am willing to act according to his advice.

"It's not promising!" Xue Lian stamped her feet angrily, "Didn't you say that you are from Qin Mubai? Why did you listen to Li Xun again? Don't worry about him!"

"..." Xue Rengui was speechless again.

"If you can't make another decision, I'll tell you one more thing." Xue Lian was obviously prepared. With a mysterious smile, she approached Xue Rengui and said, "If you are willing to marry my sister, I will give you a big dowry!"

"Is there a dowry on the grassland?" Xue Rengui couldn't help laughing, "Forget it, although Xue is poor, he is not short of use."

"You are wrong." Xue Lian dragged her voice and said seriously, "This dowry is not gold and silver, nor cattle and sheep, but - 30,000 elite soldiers!"

"!!!" Xue Rengui was stunned!

"Are you moved?" The blood lotus threaded lips rose slightly with a deceptive smile, and two shallow dimples appeared on the corners of his white mouth. "I know that only such things can impress you - even if you don't like my sister now, it doesn't matter. I fully believe that you will change your attitude in a short time, because my sister is in this life. The gentlest and kindest woman. Now, you must accept her and not hurt her! For her happiness, I will pay all costs - including these 30,000 elite soldiers, including killing anyone who hurts her!"

Xue Rengui frowned and nodded slowly: "I can have a try. But you know, I already have a wife..."

"This is not a problem! - You just need to like her, love her deeply, and be kind to her! Otherwise, I will! ..." Xue Lian raised a finger and drank a few words almost at the tip of Xue Rengui's nose. Then she put down her hand and nodded gently and whispered, "I'm sorry, Brother Xue, I only have my sister, the only relative... Please forgive me for my gaffe and extreme! - Leave the wedding to me to prepare. This will be on the grassland. In the grandest wedding, even the noble Wolf God and the Xianxia of Jinshan will come and bless you!"

Ten days later... Tens of miles of clear white clouds float around, and the orchestra sings and sings in unison.

In the tooth tent of the Huihu tribe, an unprecedented and grand wedding was held for Xue Rengui and the princess of the Ashina clan. The leaders of Tiele and the people gathered together to watch the ceremony, which was very lively!

Coincidentally, less than halfway through the wedding, Li Xun personally led 100,000 Tang troops to arrive, and he was overjoyed!

Xue Rengui and the soldiers of the Tang army welcomed Li Xun's army and cried with joy!

And Li Xun also heard the feats of Xue Rengui and others for a long time, and was quite emotional! At present, he was invited as a guest by Tu Midu and others, and hosted the wedding for Xue Rengui and Xi Yan.

250,000 troops gathered together to return to the tribe!

The Xueyantuo tribe in the north found out the news, and the people were panicked and turbulent. Yinan was seriously ill and fainted several times when he heard about it, and the fight in the tent did not stop. The Xueyantuo tribe, which was once very prosperous, was like dead leaves in the wind in a blink of an eye.

After three consecutive days of celebration and joy, the Hui tribe became a sea of joy.

And Xue Rengui, the groom who should be the most happy, doesn't seem to be so excited. Lying slightly drunk in the brand-new felt tent, looking at the gentle bride who was shyly dressing and pouring sweet milk wine under the red candle, he was always a little unthinking.

"My husband..." Finally, he summoned up the courage to call this sound, and Xiyan's face turned red like a grape in midsummer.

"Sorry, please wait a moment. I'll come as soon as I have something important to do!"

Unexpectedly, Xue Rengui took off the groom's suit, opened the felt tent and ran out.

Xi Yan stood stunned for a long time with two glasses of wine, gently put the glass on the small round table, then carefully put the traditional red cover of the Central Plains on his phoenix crown, and sat quietly on the edge of the bed.

"I would like to exchange my life for your sincerity. Why are you in a hurry at this time? Go ahead, I'll wait for you to come back..."

Xue Rengui came directly to the camp of Wang Shi, the main force of the Tang army, and asked to see Li Xun.

Naturally, Li Yu was quite surprised. As soon as Xue Rengui entered the account, he smiled and said, "What's the matter, groom? Is it because the bride was kicked out of the house by snoring and was homeless?"

"General Li, don't make fun of the last general..." Xue Rengui smiled bitterly and said, "There will be an important military consultation with you in the future."

"Well, you say it." Li Xun is not a slippery person. After asking Xue Rengui to sit down, he went straight to the point.

Xue Rengui said, "At the end of these days, the general has been thinking that since the court has allowed Lanzhou to fight with Tubo, and transferred troops to Jiannan, Liaodong, and the northern grasslands, I think the series of wars will begin. At present, I think the most stressful place is still Lanzhou. After the loss of Gaochang, the combined forces of Tubo and the Northern Court of the Turks were bound to invade Puchanghai and Lanyang. At the same time, the main force of Tibet led by the Galqin Mausoleum also officially knocked on Dafeichuan. Lanzhou is under the enemy but has few troops, and the most elite army is now in the grassland thousands of miles away... I'm really worried that the young commander can't support it!"

"Your worries make sense." Li Xun frowned and said, "To be honest, even I pinched a cold sweat for Qin Mubai. Lanzhou is now facing the siege of hundreds of thousands of troops, and it can be said that it is difficult for a skillful woman to cook without rice. Even if your majesty strongly supports Qin Mubai's support for the main battle in Lanzhou, he is also facing the same problem - as you can see that Guanzhong has successively transferred nearly 200,000 troops to fight in the south and the north, which has seemed a little empty. Moreover, in order to cope with the logistics supply of hundreds of thousands of troops, hundreds of thousands of people were recruited... This cost of human and material resources is quite amazing! It can be said that now the court is about to be taken out of the family, and the soldiers and horses in Guanzhong are also quite weak. Your Majesty, I really can't come up with anything else to support Qin Mubai. What he can do is to support Qin Mubai with the most clear and decisive position and give him the greatest power and freedom!"

Li Wei obviously had something to say. Naturally, Xue Rengui was also a smart man. He couldn't help but whisper, "Shuge Li, do you mean... the young commander may recruit and expand his troops in Lanzhou?"

"I didn't say anything." Li Xun smiled unpredictably, "Moreover, even if he does this, the new recruit is difficult to become a big weapon without training. At most, it can only be a stopgap measure. Now, what Qin Mubai and Lanzhou need most may be a strange soldier..."

"This strange soldier must ** go behind the Tubo army and attack the enemy together with the defenders of Yuyang Erguan!" Xue Rengui said with a wave of fist.

"Wonderful." Li Xun raised his eyebrows and showed a look of praise. "Qin Sanlang often told me what a literary and military genius Xue Rengui is. Today, it's true!"

"Da Shuai Li praised it!" Xue Rengui humbly bowed his hand and said, "The last general came here to discuss this matter with the general."

"Say what you think directly."

"The last time I want to... lead this Gaochang army to turn back to its original path, unexpectedly turn over and fight again, recover Gaochang and attack and kill the defenders outside the second pass of Yuyang Pass, and form a joint encirclement and break the enemy!" Xue Rengui said.

Li Wei frowned and meditated for a moment, nodded slowly and said, "Rengui, I heard... You have also learned the art of war of Wei Gong, haven't you?"

"Well, the young commander of Meng Qin did not give up. He once dialed the last general one or two."

"That's right." Li Xun smiled meaningfully, "Wei Gong can be called a rare military god for thousands of years. The essence of his use of soldiers lies in 'Qizheng's co-assisted gods and ghosts'. Your move to besiege Wei and save Zhao can be said to have gained a deep spread of sanitary tactics. However, it is still the same sentence, it is difficult for a skillful woman to cook without rice - now after a series of fierce battles, there are less than 10,000 soldiers left, and many of them are injured, and they are already exhausted. Don't say that recovering Gaochang and attacking and killing Tubo is the garrison of the desert spanging 800 miles and tens of thousands of Hu Lu, and it is the mountain that you can't cross.

"Marshal, the last general is not a reckless person. Since he dares to put forward such a bold idea, he is naturally almost sure!"

"Oh? Tell me, what does your grasp come from? Li Xun was immediately very interested.

"My new wife brought a set of rich dowry..." Xue Rengui's thick eyebrows tightened and showed a trace of guilt. He put up with it and said, "That's three thousand elite horse riders!"

"What?" Now, even Li Xun was shocked!

"That's right." Xue Rengui nodded affirmatively, "To put it plainly, it was her sister and my righteous sister Ashina Xuelian who gave me the Qinxun army - 30,000 elite cavalry selected from the twenty-eight Tiele allies with nine surnames!"

"Is this really the case?" Li Xun almost didn't believe his ears. He was surprised that his face had always changed and his heart was beating.

Xue Rengui smiled bitterly: "General, do you think the last general is like the kind of person who likes to talk and laugh?"

Li Xun took a deep breath and nodded heavily: "Well, that's great! ...Rengui, you are really a divine general and a blessed general! Originally, I only thought that you agreed to marry Ashina Xiyan in order to appease Huihu and the grassland tribes. Although that woman is very good, I can see that you are not a lustful person and don't have much interest in him. You should consider this brown marriage, not about you personally, but the overall situation. This was already very gratifying to me. I believe that in return to the court, the emperor will also be very happy and praise you - I didn't expect it! You even collected 30,000 elite iron riders! This...haha! Even Ben Shuai feels a little incredible! You said that you, Xue Rengui, led a brigade of remnants of soldiers through a bloody battle for thousands of miles, and it's very good to live until now! You can actually break through the Yi man's prestige on the grassland, integrate 150,000 allies to fight against Xue Yantuo, and earn both fame and fortune, and earn beauty and soldiers - haha! You are as amazing as Qin Mubai!"

"Great Handsome! Marshal! ..." Xue Rengui was already embarrassed and blushed. He hurriedly said, "Let's get down to business - do you think it's feasible for the last general to lead a ten thousand Tang army and 30,000 Tiele elite horses, and turn back and besiege Wei to save Zhao?"

"It's totally feasible!" Li Xun said firmly, "Actually, you don't need to say it. I've been thinking about this problem for a long time. In the Tang Dynasty, the biggest crisis and turning point are in Lanzhou. The reason why I ordered my soldiers and horses to rush to Mobei day and night is that I hope to calm down the chaos of Xue Yantuo as soon as possible and then cross Jinshan and attack Tubo in the west to help the Western Regions. Unexpectedly, you almost beat Xue Yantuo half to death with your own strength. Now, you don't have to pay attention to Xue Yantuo's affairs at all. Don't worry and boldly lead your iron army to do what you should do!"

Xue Rengui's blood suddenly boiled!

He got up and bowed again with his fists: "Thank you, Marshal Li! - The last general, I will start the army tomorrow!"

Li Xun frowned slightly, "Aren't you a newlywed? Isn't it okay to abandon the bride and take her dowry?

Xue Rengui was stunned for a moment, then smiled bitterly, and then said, "If Xue stays here for one more day, Lanzhou may kill tens of millions more people, the Tang Dynasty will have more crisis, and the young commander will have more pressure. I can't bear the delay any more! Since Ashina Sunset has married me, she must understand and support me to do so - otherwise, I would rather get married today and give up tomorrow! Those 30,000 elite horses, don't worry about it!"

"What are you waiting for?" Li Xun raised the corners of his mouth and showed a smile of approval, "Chunxiao, it's rare. Go back and persuade her to comfort your poor beauty! At two o'clock tomorrow, I will travel together with the respion of the Huihu tribe!"

"No!!!"